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Talking Science is a half-hour, nine part series, provideing great scientists and great science communicators with a relaxed forum to talk about their work, influences, inspirations and irritations. Go to Talking Science »

Alan Trounson talks with Robyn Williams
Alan Trounson, Professor of Stem Cell Sciences at Monash University, is an internationally recognised pioneer in embryonic and stem cell research. His research during the late 1970s established human in vitro fertilisation (IVF) as a practical and repeatable method of treating human infertility that was adopted worldwide. Watch It | Published 8/03/2007

Andy Thomas talks with Richard Smith
Andy Thomas was born in SA†and studied Mechanical Engineering at Adelaide University. †In the USA he worked with Lockheed and NASA and was selected for astronaut training . His first flight into space was aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1996. He made three more trips into space, including a space walk and a long stay on the Russian MIR Space Station. Watch It | Published 8/03/2007

Tim Flannery talks with Robyn Williams
Tim Flannery, scientist, explorer, author, Australian of the Year, is one of Australia's leading thinkers and writers. Tim's books include the climate-change bestseller, The Weather Makers; and the definitive ecological histories of Australia (The Future Eaters) and North America (The Eternal Frontier). Watch It | Published 8/03/2007

Ace day jobs is a series of five minute video episodes of Australians with innovative careers. It's about people who really love their work and how they got into it. Go to Ace Day Jobs »

Hydrographic Surveyor
Venessa uses boat-based navigation software to carry out survey work to ensure the minimum declared depth is maintained in the channels and berths of Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay. Part of this work involves ensuring there are no objects located within shipping lanes, including supervision of the removal of any objects if necessary. Watch It | Published 12/10/2006

Electronic Engineer
Steve looks after the projects the company runs on a day to day basis, do a large amount of R&D work himself, and is responsible for maintaining the patent portfolio. Some of the projects are quite interesting, for instance the electric bicycle, now on sale in Australia as the Avanti Electra." My days always vary, sometimes I'm in the office the whole time doing design, sometimes in the workshop tinkering with something that's about to go out to a client. Watch It | Published 05/10/2006

Sleep researcher
Conducting experiments on humans into sleep and fatigue, consulting with industry about fatigue and shiftwork, crunching numbers to get the data for the mathematical model, writing up papers for publication and eventually writing up her PhD thesis. Watch It | Published 28/09/2006

Catalyst brings a mixture of Australian and international stories, from science breakthroughs investigating the implications, the ethics, and the politics of the particular issue, to stories about how scientists work in the field. Visit Catalyst »

Beyond Petrol
What car will you buy next? Itís a decision most of us face every 5 years; only next time itís likely to be more than a simple choice of brand. Watch It | Published 01/03/2007

Nuclear China
China is gearing up for the fastest deployment of nuclear energy in history, fuelled by Australian uranium. Watch It | Published 22/02/2007

Bernie Hobbs and Ruben Meerman are the experiMENTALS! For these two dedicated scientists, no experiment is too big, too crazy or too inexpensive, to show you! Check out the experiMENTALS »

the good, the bad & the tricky
The Wild West is at stake - can our dualling cowboys settle the score with an old-fashioned trick-off? Will banjoes be involved? Who'll get the lady? Stay tuned! Watch It | Published 24/08/2006

trick or treat
Get ready for the spookiest science tricks you ever did see ... wooOOooo! Watch It | Published 10/08/2006

The Lab has found some of the funniest, most entertaining segments from the Why is it so? series, and made them available for twenty first century enjoyment - over both dialup or broadband connections. Now you too can watch some 'enchanting experiments' with the good professor! More about Why is it so? »

Smokey glass
How many objects does it take to change an image? In this snippet of sneaky science Dr Julius even manages to deceive himself with his very beautiful production of internal repeated reflections. Watch It | Published 9/12/2004

In the lion's den
Ready for some more remarkable but risky experiments? Well get in close and watch as Sumner Miller disassembles and reassembles his capacitor and then even electrocutes himself! Does his mother know he's here? Watch It | Published 25/11/2004

Dancing Devils
Want to have more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Then why not try this crazy experiment at home to find out why Dr J's dancing devils do what they do. Watch It | Published 22/7/2004

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On the road with the Sleek Geeks
To celebrate Science Week 2005 we released On the road with the Sleek Geeks - five short online videos of the Sleek Geek Tour 2003 tour to Perth, Albany, Bernie, Hobart and Orange. Find out what Karl and Adam get up to behind the scenes. Watch It | Published 19/8/2005

Hot Chips: The Issaquah Experiment
This inspirational video, from the Hot Chips TV show, shows how students at one US school took responsibility for building and maintaining their school's computer network - with many benefits to all. Watch It | Published 15/9/2005